Finally won! The Chinese women's curling team defeated the last Olympic champion Sweden in the 4th game of the women's curling round robin tournament at the Winter Olympic Games, and finally won a victory after 3 consecutive defeats in the opening round, although it is still a little difficult to break into the final four, but as long as the Chinese team continues to work hard, the subsequent games are all won, and it is not without opportunities.
It is worth mentioning that the reason why the Chinese team was able to win was inseparable from the base adjustment of this game, before the Chinese team's base was Zhang Lijun at first base, Dong Ziqi at second base, Wang Rui at third base, and Han Yu at fourth base, and the first three games of the Chinese team were actually quite good from the data statistics, but they lost a lot of points in the handling of key balls.
For example, against Switzerland, when the Chinese team was in the situation on the field favorable to its own side, the penultimate shot had a low-level mistake of curling without a timely shot, completely lost the opportunity to fight back, and finally lost 5-6 to the opponent; against the United States, the Chinese team also had the opportunity to score 4 points in a single game, but did not play.
Born in 2000, The youngster Han Yu was the fourth base, and the psychological pressure may be a little too heavy, so the Chinese team switched the positions of the 3rd and 4th bases in this campaign, with Wang Rui as the 4th base.
I have to say that the Chinese team's move is too wise, Wang Rui, born in 1995, has experienced hundreds of battles after all, and has also won the second place in the 2016 Curling Mixed Doubles World Championships and the third place in the 2017 Curling Mixed Doubles World Championships.
The Chinese team scored 3 points successfully in the second inning, stole 2 points in the fifth inning, and at the end of the half, it once led 6-2, and Wang Rui's success rate and stability at the 4th baseman were indispensable.
Unfortunately, the Chinese team was still a little careless after that, after the 7th inning, Han Yu once again made a key ball mistake, digging a big hole for Wang Rui, and the Chinese team's backhand was stolen by the Swedish team by 2 points successfully, and the situation on the field once again came to 6-6, but the Chinese team had a backhand advantage in the 8th inning.
It is time to test the psychological endurance of the Chinese team again, the key 8th inning, Wang Rui's two shots, are very beautiful, to help the Chinese team get 2 points again, the Chinese team completed the set goal, the pressure came to the Swedish team, because in the 9th inning, even if the Swedish team got 2 points, draw again, the last game has a backhand advantage of the Chinese team, the chance of winning is also very large.
The Swedish team must play a big score, but unfortunately, the Swedish team has made a serious mistake again in this round, the Chinese team has created a lot of difficulties for the Swedish team to grab a big score through successful layout, and the Swedish team's last shot in order to play a difficult double fly, but gave the Chinese team 1 point.
The score came to 9-6, the Chinese team led, although the Swedish team retained the advantage of the back hand, but the difficulty of grabbing 3 points in a single set was too great.
However, in the previous game, didn't the Chinese team also have a victory that was close at hand and quietly slipped away from the hand? Until the last moment, I still dare not take it lightly.
However, this time, the Chinese team finally resisted, when Wang Rui threw a good pot with an excellent position, the Swedish team carefully analyzed the situation on the field, had to shake hands and concede defeat, the Chinese team won, won a key victory, and won the defending champion, which was very morale-
In the critical moment, the Chinese team adjusted the base, which not only released the pressure of the young players, but also improved the success rate of the key handling of the ball, which can be described as a multi-pronged move, curling is a team sport, every team member is indispensable, the rest of the games come one by one, come on, there will be the first victory, there will be a second, a third... More victories await us.